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Wednesday, April 30th, 2025 Today, another mystery filing under seal from the government in the Abrego Garcia case hits the docket; Trump signs a new executive order ramping up the police state; Amazon was going to add tariff tax costs to their products until the White House talked Bezos out of it; DHS ran 1.3M foreign student names through a database to track criminal charges in order to target their visas; an Oklahoma city family is traumatized after an ICE raid on the wrong home; the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is suing the Trump regime after unlawful board firings; more dirt on former North Dakota senator Ray Holmberg - this time call logs showing conversations between him and the former state attorney general; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Published: 30 April 2025

Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 Today, we’re one day away from maybe finding out how the Trump administration got Judge Xinis and Abrego Garcia’s lawyers to agree to a one week discovery delay; a new report reveals emails that former ND State Senator Ray Holmberg sent to others detailing decades of sex abuse; Democratic Governor Pritzker rails against timidity in a fiery speech; the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals denies main Rep Libby’s request to reinstate her voting power after she was censured for anti-trans rhetoric; lawyers for recently removed US citizen kids say that the mothers were coerced; after dipping in the polls Trump is calling for investigations into pollsters; DOGE employees have gained access to classified systems containing nuclear secrets; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2025

Monday, April 28th, 2025 Today, ICE arrests a Milwaukee county judge to bolster the regime’s anti-judiciary propaganda machine; a two year old baby has been illegally removed from the US without due process; the wife of a US Coast Guard member has been arrested by ICE; Trump Stasi Chief Ed Martin is changing his story about the man arrested for stealing Kristi Noem’s purse; more tea on Kegseth as we learn he used an unsecure dirty internet line at the Pentagon and how his personal phone number was made vulnerable by his use of Signal; prominent Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre has died by suicide; HHS has reversed course on canceling the Women’s Health Initiative; the 9th Circuit has denied Trump’s en banc petition to defund legal representation for immigrant children; nobody watched the Real White House Correspondents Dinner; Trump proclaimed he has made 200 tariff deals; Trump has the lowest 100 day approval rating in 80 years; Caitlyn Jenner is begging for money after the legal fallout over her memecoin; and Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 28 April 2025

Monday, April 22nd, 2024 Opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former president; a Turning Point Action resigns after accusations of election fraud; Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers; Bennie Thompson introduces a bill that would strip Secret Service protection from felons; Kari Lake wants Arizona sheriffs to enforce 1864 abortion ban; the Texas Bar says Ken Paxton should be disciplined for his lawsuit attempting to overturn the election; the NYAG files her objection to Trump’s $175M bond; plus Allison and Dana deliver your good news.

Transcribed - Published: 27 April 2025

Apr 27, 2022 In the Hot Notes: another Proud Boy has flipped for the DoJ; Trump admits something relevant to the Manhattan DA’s criminal probe whose grand jury is about to expire; the DeSantis v Disney battle isn’t going the way Ron wants; a MAGA candidate for Pennsylvania lieutenant governor is homeless after his wife files a protective order; a judge says Trump’s appraisers violated their own policy when they lied about his real estate; and the 1/6 committee asks for an expedited briefing schedule in the Mark Meadows case; plus Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 26 April 2025

Friday, April 25th, 2025 Today, Pete Hegseth downloaded Signal on his Pentagon desktop to circumvent classified spaces; President Volodimyr Zalensky rejects Trump’s tired Ukraine peace deal; the Trump administration moved a Venezuelan man to Texas despite a federal judge's order; the Pentagon resumes medical care for transgender troops; Trump tells Pam Bondi to launch a criminal investigation into ActBlue; Leland Dudek calls for all SSA offices employees to be converted to Schedule F; Trump’s approval rating is in the toilet; the DoJ accidentally files an internal document outlining how much their case against congestion pricing sucks; and Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 25 April 2025

Thursday, April 24th, 2025 Today, Judge Xinis obliterates Trump’s Justice Department stonewalling in the Abrego Garcia case; the producer of 60 Minutes quits citing a lack of independence; Trump is weighing slashing his own tariffs against China because of course he is; the Court of International Trade denied a petition for a temporary restraining order from five businesses that sued over the Trump tariffs; Governor Pritzker of Illinois has announced a review of all state business done with El Salvador eyeing a possible boycott for assisting Trump with defying court orders; Trump says undocumented immigrants shouldn’t get trials before being deported; the Hyattsville Police Department says they never identified Abrego Garcia as a member of any gang; Hegseth orders a makeup studio installed at the Pentagon; the Trump regime is planning to come after US citizens who disagree with him; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 24 April 2025

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 Today, turns out the intel that Pete Hegseth shared on at least two unsecure Signal chats came from a classified system; three prosecutors on the Eric Adams case have resigned after being pressured by Emil Bove to lie about it; new images could change cancer research but ICE has detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them; lawyers for Abrego Garcia issue their first letter accusing the government of obstructing the court ordered discovery in his case; the FDA has suspended quality tests for milk; the Trump administration will be sending those in student loan default to collections; A Tennessee bill that would have required school districts to ask students their citizenship status is likely now dead for the year; a Trump draft order calls for a dramatic restructuring of the State Department; a federal judge orders the government to give Venezuelan migrants in Colorado a 21 day deportation notice; HHS is going to scrap the national LGBTQ Youth Suicide Hotline; and Sarah Palin loses her defamation suit against the New York Times… again; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 23 April 2025

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025 Today, Pete Hegseth participated in another Signal chat from his private phone and sent war plans to his wife and brother; the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that a transgender teen can’t change their name until they turn 21; someone allegedly stole Kristi Noem’s purse which contained $3,000 cash; a jury found Nadine Menendez guilty on all counts; a Republican Senator is contradicting Trump and apparently getting away with it; government Covid sites now redirect to a flashy “lab leak” web page; Harvard University has filed suit against the Trump administration in federal court; some House Democrats have landed in El Salvador to try and secure the release of Abrego Garcia; RFK Jr rightfully faces backlash over autism remarks; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2025

Monday, April 21st, 2025 Today, the Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from flying another group of Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador; Senator Van Hollen secured a meeting with Abrego Garcia during his trip to El Salvador; In the fallout from the disastrous continuing resolution voted on to advance by ten Senate Democrats has left DC in the lurch; the FDA is preparing to end food safety inspections; women and minorities were targeted in a National Institutes of Health purge; a U.S.-born man from Georgia is being held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law; Marco Rubio admits the Trump administration can’t end the war in Ukraine; Immigrants prove they’re alive forcing the Social Security Administration to remove them from the death file; Trump’s IRS Commissioner has been replaced, again; a judge has ordered the return of Tufts student Rumyesa Ozturk from Louisiana to Vermont; A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration’s policy eliminating the nonbinary option for passport holders is likely an equal protection violation; the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that Governor Evers can go ahead with his 400 year plan for funding schools; another three of Kegseth’s top aides have been fired; Trump officials claim their attack on Harvard was a mistake; Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill requiring local law enforcement to assist ICE; the six men that forcibly removed Dr. Teresa Borrenpohl from a Coeur d’Alene town hall have been arrested and charged; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 21 April 2025

Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 Jury selection is underway in the first criminal trial of a former president and current candidate in history; expelled Congressman George Santos talks about his fundraising efforts for his bid to run again; Justice Clarence Thomas is absent from the bench for arguments this week; Trump Media shares plunge again on the announcement to file additional shares; transgender veterans are suing the Department of Veterans Affairs; Trump files his response to Jack Smith with the Supreme Court in the immunity case; plus Allison and Dana deliver your good news. Our Guest:US House Rep. Dan Goldman

Transcribed - Published: 20 April 2025

Friday, April 21st, 2023 In the Hot Notes; Boris Epshteyn talks to investigators in the Special Counsel’s office, Mike Lindell loses a $5M arbitration; the judge in the E. Jean Carroll case responds to Tacopina’s request for jury instructions about Donald's potential absence; a top Republican lawyer is caught on audio decrying the youth vote; a GOP leader who voted to expel the Tennessee Three has resigned after sexual harassment allegations; the charges against Alec Baldwin have been dropped; the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial is wrapping up; plus AG and Dana deliver your Good News. Follow Our Guest Garrett Graff

Transcribed - Published: 19 April 2025

Friday, April 18th, 2025 Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rejects Trump’s bid to vacate Judge Xinis’ order to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia; Marco Rubio kills the State Department’s anti propaganda shop; Palantir’s plans to help ICE deport people have been leaked; Musk and DOGE are now setting their sights on the GSA; a judge rules that Google Is a Monopolist in online advertising technology; the Trump administration is suing Maine over participation of transgender athletes in girls’ sports; the Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump’s birthright citizenship case after arguments end for the term; multiple patients have been hospitalized after an active shooter was reported at Florida State University's campus in Tallahassee; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 18 April 2025

Thursday, April 17th, 2025 Today, Judge Boasberg issued an opinion that probable cause exists to find the government in criminal contempt when they refused to turn the planes around march 15th; Bukele refused to let Senator Van Hollen into CECOT - the torture prison in El Salvador - to meet with kidnapped maryland father Abrego Garcia; a new habeas petition has been filed in the case of Edicson David Quintero Chacón - another man disappeared to the gulag in El Salvador; the government’s case against Mahmoud Khalil relied on tabloid accounts; DOGE sought to assign a team to an independent nonprofit group; Judge Tanya Chutkan has blocked trump’s EPA from withholding $20B in clean energy programs; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 17 April 2025

Wednesday, April 16th, 2025 Today, Judge Xinis orders expedited discovery in the contempt proceedings for the Abrego Garcia case; a whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data; a top Kegseth advisor was escorted out of the Pentagon after an investigation into agency leaks; a University of Columbia student was arrested by ICE AT his citizenship appointment; a federal judge has blocked Trump from revoking legal status of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela; Harvard stands up to the Trump regime and is hit with a freeze of $2B in federal funding; the Ninth Circuit appears poised to dismiss Trump’s motion to vacate the restraining order preventing trump from defunding lawyers assisting unaccompanied children; dozens of Democrats are seeking to join Senator Van Hollen in a congressional delegation to El Salvador; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 16 April 2025

Tuesday, April 15th, 2025 Today, Trump told Bukele he needs him to build more prisons in El Salvador to house US Citizens as both men refuse to bring Abrego Garcia home; days before her arrest - the State Department concluded there was no evidence linking the Tufts grad student to antisemitic remarks or terrorism; Palantir is helping DOGE with its massive IRS data project; speaking of DOGE, they are falling woefully short of their stated goals; a Wisconsin teenager has been charged with killing his parents in a plot to assassinate the President to start a race war; a Trump plan would slash the State Department funding by half; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 15 April 2025

Transcribed - Published: 14 April 2025

Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 In the Hot Notes; a judge has imposed sanctions on Fox News for withholding evidence; an appellate court rules Pete Navarro STILL has to turn over the documents he’s been withholding; Rep. Justin Pearson has been reinstated in Tennessee; Donald Trump has sued Michael Cohen for half a billion dollars; Donald is trying to delay the E. Jean Carroll trial set to begin April 25th; plus AG delivers your Good News.Dana is out and about.

Transcribed - Published: 13 April 2025

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 In the Hot Notes: a manhunt is underway for a Brooklyn subway shooter; the DoJ confirms in a letter to the House Oversight Committee it is investigating the mishandling of classified documents by Trump; the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO president is under investigation for harassment of women; Eastman is still trying to get states to submit false slates of electors; Oklahoma Governor and fascist Kevin Stitt signs a near-total ban on abortions; new developments in the two men impersonating DHS officers; insurrectionist Amy Kremer is hit with another fine; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Follow our Guest: Rick Smith twitter.com/RickSmithShow thericksmithshow.com

Transcribed - Published: 12 April 2025

Friday, April 11th, 2025 Today, the Supreme Court has ruled that the government must facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia from El Salvador to the United States; the House has passed the massive Trump budget that cuts taxes for the wealthy and cuts Medicaid and SNAP; the Trump administration will be placing migrants on the Social Security death list to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services by canceling their Social Security numbers; Trump’s DOJ wants to let Alexander Smirnov out of prison; a judge has ruled that the Trump administration can require immigrants to register with the government; pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, the government cites its power to deport people for ideas; the three person USAID team responding to the earthquake in Myanmar was fired after their first night in the country; the Social Security administration is walking back its plan to cut phone service; the House voted to pass the SAVE act but will likely die in the Senate; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 11 April 2025

Thursday, April 10th, 2025 Today, in a move that only everyone could have predicted; Trump has paused the tariffs for 90 days but says he’s raising tariffs on China to 125%; judges in New York and Texas issue temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemies Act cases; a federal judge gave the Trump administration until Wednesday night to show any proof to justify the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil; the Supreme Court has stayed a lower court's order and have effectively re-re-fired Gwynn Wilcox and Cathy Harris; an ex-Facebook employee is set to tell Congress that Zuckerberg compromised National Security; the National Park Service has restored the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman web pages; the acting IRS Commissioner has resigned after a data sharing deal with immigration authorities; Abrego Garcia’s lawyers file a surreply with the Supreme Court emphasizing how wild it is that the DOJ is disavowing its own lawyers; an appeals court has cleared the way for Trump to fire probationary employees; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 10 April 2025

Wednesday, April 9th, 2025 Today, Judge James Boasberg has canceled a Tuesday afternoon hearing on the Trump administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged migrant gang members without due process, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday evening that the administration could resume carrying out such deportations; the Supreme Court paused a ruling to reinstate over 16000 probationary federal workers; Senator Brian Schatz has put a hold on over 300 trump nominees; Elon Musk and Pete Navarro get in a tariff fight; Governor Greg Abbott delays a the special election for Sylvester Turner’s House seat until November; the DHS has revoked legal status for migrants who entered the US using Biden’s CBP One app; a Trump appointed judge has reinstated the Associated Press to the White House press pool, a judge has awarded $6.6M to Ken Paxton whistleblowers; the New Mexico governor has signed the turquoise alert bill for when Native Americans go missing; Elon Musk rage quits a livestream after being relentlessly mocked by gamers; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 9 April 2025

Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 Today, stocks take another dive as the Trump regime plays fast and loose with tariffs; the en banc panel for the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated Cathy Harris and Gwynne Wilcox to their jobs at the NLRB and MSRP; the North Carolina Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling requiring 65,000 people to cure their ballots; NIH researchers have made a cancer breakthrough but layoffs are delaying it; a second unvaccinated child has died of measles and RFK Jr uses it as an opportunity for a photo op; the Trump administration is planning on spending $45M on immigrant detention; Trump is planning a giant North Korean style military parade on his birthday; and the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals REFUSED to pause an order forcing the Trump admin to return Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the U.S. before midnight tonight; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2025

Monday, April 7th, 2025 Today, millions protested Musk and Trump in over 1300 Hands Off rallies in all 50 states, DC and abroad; a court orders North Carolina voters to cure their ballots in the state Supreme Court race; a federal judge rules that the Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador must be returned to the US; prosecutors are asking for 87 months in prison for George Santos; the Supreme Court lets Trump suspend teacher grants; the South Korean court upheld President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment over his invocation of martial law; the Social Security Administration is facing thousands more job cuts; RFK Jr is walking back some of the programs and employees cut from Health and Human Services; and Russel Brand has been charged with rape and sexual assault in London; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 7 April 2025

Friday, April 8, 2022 In the Hot Notes: the Department of Justice is investigating the 15 boxes of classified material Donald stole from the White House; the New York Attorney General asks the court to hold Donald in civil contempt; the Manhattan DA says he’s continuing Cy Vance’s investigation into Trump despite the resignations of Pomerantz and Dunne; two men were arrested in DC For impersonating federal officers and giving gifts to Secret Service agents including an agent protecting the First Lady; and the effort to keep seditionists off the ballot under the 14th amendment grows; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 6 April 2025

Thursday, April 4th, 2024 Today, we have more information about the man who rammed his vehicle into a barrier at the Atlanta FBI Field office; Jack Smith files a scathing rebuke of Judge Cannon in the espionage obstruction documents case in Florida; Judd Blevins is recalled in Oklahoma for his association with white nationalists; two more people have pled guilty in the insider trading with a Russian porn bank Putin associate Truth Social case; President Biden will speak with Netanyahu today as Benny Gantz calls for new elections this fall; Trump is suing two Trump Media co-founders to void their stock; plus Allison and Dana deliver your good news.

Transcribed - Published: 5 April 2025

Friday, April 4th, 2025 Today, the acting Inspector General for the Department of Defense has launched an investigation into Pete Hegseth’s Signal chat messages; the Senate has voted to rescind some of Trump’s tariffs which caused the third biggest stock market crash in modern history; federal prosecutors have dropped the charges against the guy Nancy Mace says assaulted her; massive layoffs at the FDA include scientists working on bird flu and pet food safety; Judge Boasberg held a hearing in the contempt proceedings in the Alien Enemies Act case; and Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 4 April 2025

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025 Today, Susan Crawford has defeated Brad Schimel in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race while Democrats ate into Republican leads in two Florida House districts; Elon Musk's disclosure of a planned Social Security fraud arrest troubles top law enforcement officials; Judge Dale Ho has dismissed the charges against Eric Adams with prejudice; ousted DOJ officials are set to testify before Congressional Democrats Monday; a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funds for programs that provides legal services to unaccompanied minor children in immigration proceedings; Tesla sales tanked 13% in the first quarter; trump tells insiders that he’s benching Elon Musk; sources reveal that Mike Waltz had over 20 Signal chats he used to coordinate official work; it’s “liberation day” where Trump is going to liberate you from your money; and Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 3 April 2025

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025 Today, possible results in the Wisconsin and Florida elections; Senator Cory Booker takes to the Senate floor to disrupt business as usual; Mike Waltz used GMAIL to discuss national defense information; Senator Adam Schiff says he will put an indefinite hold on the confirmation of Ed Martin as D.C. US Attorney; multiple plaintiffs have filed suit to block Trump’s voter suppression executive order; internal fallout has paused the firing of 10000 Health and Human Services employees; the Trump administration has admitted that it deported a Maryland father to CECOT over an administrative error; Senator Gallego says he will hold up Trump’s VA nominees to protest cuts to the VA workforce; the Trump administration has cut millions of dollars from Planned Parenthood; DOGE is trying to steal a $500M building; and Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 2 April 2025

Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 Today, Wisconsinites are hitting the polls and casting votes in the state Supreme Court election between Brad Schimel and Jennifer Crawford; The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the Trump administration's request to allow immediate removal of transgender troops from the military; a federal judge has barred the Trump administration from ending "temporary protected status" for 350,000 Venezuelan nationals; a second federal judge barred Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth from enforcing a ban on transgender troops serving in the military; a DHS staffer faces serious punishment for accidentally adding a reporter to a group email; Treasury Employees Union seeks a court judgment barring the Trump administration from enforcing his order canceling collective bargaining agreements across the federal government; Judge James Boasberg schedules Thursday 3pm hearing in the matter of the deported Venezuelan nationals; Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, was found guilty of embezzlement by a criminal court in Paris on Monday; DOGE fires nearly all staff at U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters; China, South Korea and Japan are teaming up against Trump’s tariffs; and Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2025

Monday, March 31st, 2025 Today, we’re just hours away from the Wisconsin Supreme Court election which will decide the balance of the highest court in the state; law firm Skadden Arps gives $100M in free legal services; the plaintiffs in the Alien Enemies Act case have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction as Judge Boasberg extends his temporary restraining orders; the Trump administration is looking to gut funding to combat child labor abroad; Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is shot down by the courts after suing to stop Elon from buying votes; RFK Jr is gutting the vaccine promotion and HIV prevention office at HHS after forcing out the FDA’s top vaccine scientist; Amy Berman, Judge Jackson if you’re nasty, has blocked the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Pete Hegseth hired his brother and then brought his wife to sensitive Pentagon meetings; an appeals court says that Trump CAN fire members of the NLRB and MSPB and plaintiffs Wilcox and Harris are going to seek an en banc reversal; DOGE plans to rebuild the Social Security Administration’s code base; thousands turn out for the Tesla Takedown protests over the weekend; a piece on how to think like a dissident; and Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 31 March 2025

Friday, March 29th, 2024 Judge McAfee seems skeptical of Trump’s arguments in Fulton County today; the Republican Vice Chair in Georgia has been found guilty of voter fraud; Matt Maddock posts photos of NCAA Gonzaga busses and tells his followers the busses are full of “illegal invaders”; crypto chode Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison; two bodies have been recovered from a vehicle underwater at the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse site; Matt Schlapp’s accuser was paid to drop his lawsuit; the Supreme Court stalled on South Carolina voting maps for so long that their previous racist map will be used in the 2024 election; President Joe Biden has set a campaign fundraising record; plus Allison delivers your good news. Dana is out and about.

Transcribed - Published: 30 March 2025

Monday, March 28th, 2022 In the Hot Notes: The Manhattan DA has begun returning evidence in the stalled case against Trump; depositions have been scheduled for Donald and his kids in a civil case against their pyramid scheme; an update in the We Build the Wall fraud case; the 1/6 committee weighs a subpoena for Ginni Thomas after the release of 29 text messages to the former White House Chief of Staff; President Biden unveils a new minimum tax on the rich; and Russian generals are getting killed at an extraordinary rate; plus Allison delivers your extended Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 29 March 2025

Friday, March 28th, 2025 Today, a Tufts University grad student was snatched off the street by unmarked cops wearing masks; Judge Reyes rejects the Pentagon’s new guidance for banning transgender people from serving in the military; Trump has pulled his nomination of Elise Stefanik for UN ambassador; Kari Lake backs down in the legal fight to shutter Radio Free Europe; Judge Boasberg holds his first hearing in the Signalgate lawsuit filed by American Oversight; the US sent a married father with no criminal record to CECOT on a paperwork error; RFK Jr has announced massive cuts to Health and Human Services; the US is going to end vaccine funding for children in poor countries; Canada ends their Tesla rebate program as Trump hits auto manufacturers with tariffs; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 28 March 2025

Thursday, March 27th, 2025 Today, Jeffrey Goldberg from the Atlantic has released the entire Signal chat except for the name of the CIA agent; the Republican Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee Wicker and the ranking member Jack Reed have called for an investigation into the Signal chat; a Democrat has won a Pennsylvania State Senate seat for the first time in history; the Supreme Court has upheld Biden’s ghost gun limits; an anti-vaxxer has been hired to head a study on vaccines; the Trump administration has responded to Judge Boasberg’s order to show cause why they’re not in contempt of court for refusing to turn the planes around; Judge Boasberg draws the American Oversight lawsuit against the cabinet members on the Signal chat; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 27 March 2025

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025 Today, one of the Venezuelan men deported to CECOT in El Salvador was a legal refugee; Trump has signed an executive order that will upend voter registration; members of Congress react to the Signal chat Yemeni war plans leak; a judge has enjoined Kari Lake from shuttering Radio Free Europe; American Oversight is suing members of the Signal chat for violations of the Federal Records Act; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 26 March 2025

Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 Today, Judge Boasberg denies Trump’s motion to vacate his orders to turn the planes around in the Alien Enemies Act case; top Pentagon and intelligence officials shared Yemeni war plans with a journalist on Signal; a Ukrainian man is the third to die in ICE custody in a facility in South Florida; a federal judge in New Jersey has barred the Trump administration from taking steps to separate two decorated transgender members of the military; the Trump administration has petitioned the Supreme Court to allow mass firings of probationary federal workers; and a federal judge in Texas has blocked Texas A&M from cancelling a drag show on campus; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 25 March 2025

Monday, March 24th, 2025 Today, the Pentagon set up a briefing with Elon Musk on Chinese war plans; Trump rescinds an executive order attacking the Paul Weiss law firm after the firm agrees to give him $40M in free legal services; Leland Dudek has threatened to shut down the Social Security Administration; the Trump administration has re-hired nearly 25K probationary employees; the military has agreed not to separate any transgender service members until at least March 28th; Trump is revoking the legal status of over half a million migrants; Time Magazine has published a piece about what Venezuelan migrants are going through in the Salvadoran prison complex; IRS is nearing a deal with ICE to provide them with information on suspected undocumented immigrants; Andrew and Tristan Tate are on their way back to Romania; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 24 March 2025

March 22nd, 2022 In the Hot Notes: Confirmation hearings begin for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson; the US Secret Service takes the stand in the Couy Griffin bench trial; a witness tells the 1/6 committee that Meadows helped organize the march on the Capitol; and some Reuters reporters tell Politico they’re over the Reuters partnership with Russian media partner TASS; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 23 March 2025

Friday, March 24th, 2023 In the Hot Notes; more delays for the Manhattan DA Grand Jury as Alvin Bragg claps back at Jim Jordan; a judge rules that E. Jean Carroll jurors can remain anonymous for security reasons; Kari Lake loses Arizona again; Trump’s lawyers make an appearance in the Pence subpoena case; Ray Epps has sent a letter to Tucker Carlson demanding a retraction; and abortion is legal again in Wyoming; plus AG and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 22 March 2025

Friday, March 21st, 2025 Today, a judge had ordered Musk and DOGE to get out of the Social Security systems and to uninstall all their software; Judge Boasberg has issued a show cause order in the Alien Enemies Act case; the Trump administration believes they can enter homes without a warrant; Trump has signed the executive order eliminating the Department of Education; a Georgetown researcher has been detained by ICE and a judge has ordered he not be deported pending litigation; the Social Security Administration is now requiring in-person identity checks; a French scientist has been denied entry to the US for negative social media posts about Trump; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 21 March 2025

Thursday, March 20th, 2025 Today, Judge Chutkan has blocked Trump and Musk from cancelling $20B in climate grants; Judge Ana Reyes has blocked the Trump administration’s ban on transgender people serving in the military; Trump has fired the Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission; Judge Beryl Howell has denied the temporary restraining order for the US Institute of Peace; Republican members of the Senate and House armed services committee are pushing back on Trump’s plan to abandon a NATO command that has been exclusively American since Eisenhower; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 20 March 2025

Wednesday, March 19th, 2025 Today, A federal judge found on Tuesday that efforts by Elon Musk and his team to permanently shutter the United States Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution “in multiple ways”; a German national with a United States Green Card is being held in an ICE facility; the Trump administration has gutted the US Institute of Peace; an update on the Alien Enemies Act deportation case; John Roberts has issued a rare public rebuke of Trump calling for Boasberg’s impeachment; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 19 March 2025

Tuesday, March 18th, 2025 Today, Judge Boasberg holds another emergency hearing over whether Trump defied his order to turn the deportation planes around; a Brown University professor has been deported despite a court order; a Navy veteran and his wife say that TRICARE rescinded a $100K healthcare claim paid over a year ago; what musicians did after an executive order on DEI led to the cancellation of U.S. Marine Band collaboration; the 9th Circuit has denied Trump’s motion to pause a federal court order requiring the rehiring of probationary civil servants who were terminated; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 18 March 2025

Monday, March 17th, 2025 Today, Chuck Schumer caves on the continuing resolution and leaves House Democrats in the lurch; Trump and Marco Rubio have defied Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining order barring the administration from deporting people under the Alien Enemies Act; a second judge orders thousand of probationary employees to be reinstated; classified U.S. intelligence reports cast doubt on Vladimir Putin’s willingness to end the war against Ukraine; Newsmax has settled with Smartmatic for $40M; Trump has asked the Supreme Court to allow him to end birthright citizenship; Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed links about black and female veterans; Trump and Netanyahu look to move Palestinians to Africa; Trump has shut down 7 agencies including Voice of America; a Long Island man is the first to be cured of sickle cell anemia; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 17 March 2025

Thursday, March 17th, 2022 In the Hot Notes: Biden identifies 50 Russian elites as targets in a global hunt to seize assets after Zelensky addresses a joint session of Congress; a judge orders the DoJ to produce documents in the Steve Bannon contempt case; the 1/6 Committee obtains the Proud Boys’ documentary crew footage; the DoJ charges five people for targeting US residents critical of Beijing; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 16 March 2025

March 17, 2021 Biden’s ODNI has confirmed that Russia tried to interfere in the 2020 election; Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg’s former daughter in law is cooperating with prosecutors in the Manhattan DA’s office; the Biden administration is racing to blunt a potential fourth surge of COVID cases; the Arizona GOP has been ordered to pay the legal fees for their frivolous election lawsuit against the Secretary of State; Yevgeny Vindman is set for a promotion to full colonel despite bad evals from Trump appointees; corporations in Georgia have voiced opposition to Republican-led voter suppression laws; Senator Whitehouse is alleging the FBI investigation into Kavanaugh was fake; plus AG and Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) deliver and your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 15 March 2025

Friday, March 14th, 2025 Today, Judge Alsup has reinstated all probationary employees fired across the government on February 13th and 14th and demands testimony from an Office of Personnel Management official; Trump has ordered the Pentagon to draw up options for troop deployment to Panama; Texas pastor Robert Morris has finally been indicted for sex crimes; a new CNN poll shows Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy; Tim Walz is launching a tour of town hall rallies in Republican districts; new voter ID requirements send voters home to get their birth certificates only to turn them down for not having their married name on them; Trump is expected to invoke wartime emergency powers to speed up mass deportation; Judge Chutkin demands DOGE and Musk hand over documents and answer written questions about exactly who is in charge; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 14 March 2025

Thursday, March 13th, 2025 Today, Judge Beryl Howell has granted the law firm Perkins Coie a temporary restraining order blocking challenge sections of Trump's executive order; MSW media has partnered with national security counselors to file a FOIA request for the USAID destroyed document logs; House Republicans have passed a bill to fund the government, but Senate Democrats are divided; the Trump administration is still refusing to produce the head of OPM to testify under oath in court; a judge has blocked Trump's efforts to defund teacher training; Trump's OPM spokesperson posted fashion influencer videos from her government office; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 13 March 2025

Wednesday, March 12th, 2025 Today, Judge Alsup has denied Trump's request to block the under oath testimony of the head of the Office of Personnel Management in court; Republicans in Congress are cobbling together a terrible resolution to fund the government; a Justice Department official was fired when she refused to restore Mel Gibson's gun rights; Ukraine and Russia have agreed to a 30 day ceasefire; a Texas man has been accused of violent assault on an American Airlines flight from Wichita to D.C.; Trump is threatened to double the tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel in response to their tax hike on our electricity; a court hands Trump his third appellate loss on birthright citizenship; a judge has ordered the urgent release of DOGE records in a FOIA lawsuit; ProPublica has obtained an email from USAID's acting executive secretary directing employees to empty safes and shred documents; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 12 March 2025